Analysis of Winston Smith In the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ Winston Smith is the protagonist. He is thirty-nine years old‚ frail‚ and thin. Winston is a common man that most of the readers can sympathize with. He is a man who wants to test the limits of the Party’s powers by seeing how many illegal things he can get away with. The reader’s feel as if they are experiencing the horrible events brought on by the Thought Police‚ the Party‚ and Big Brother with Winston and Julia‚ his love interest
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becomes a revolutionary act.” Winston Smith‚ the main character of the novel titled 1984 written by George Orwell‚ is a humanist who believes freedom should dictate the life of a society. He lives in a society called Oceania. This society is very similar to a North Korean society‚ where the government controls the city with a figure called Big Brother. This leader is a godlike figure to the society. Everybody looks up to him because “he” makes all of the decisions. Winston believes he isn’t real‚
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Winston Smith Winston is the protagonist of the story‚ whose unsuccessful attempts at questioning and overthrowing the Party and Big Brother symbolize the defeat of humanity at the hands of socialism. Winston becomes de-humanized when his thoughts and emotions are controlled by the Party and when all his ambitions are snuffed by Party propaganda. He lives under the close eye of Party officials and the telescreen every moment of his life‚ so that he has to control even his facial expressions so
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bound to be at least one that wants to rebel. In the novel‚ 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ all citizens of Oceania are kept under surveillance 24/7. There is no freedom in their world. However‚ not everyone is down with The Party. Winston and Julia take a different route‚ and choose to rebel against Big Brother‚ thinking they have escaped the watchful eyes of The Party. However‚ they were sadly mistaken. Big Brother sees all.Orwell’s character‚ Winston‚ is a quiet and critical thinker; Winston’s role is to overthrow
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Character Analysis Of Winston Smith Winston is the main character in this novel and he seems to be separated from all of the other characters in the book by his thoughts. It is Winston’s uncommon character that we see unfolding as we read through the novel. He seems to be the only one set apart from the rest of the characters. Through Winston’s eyes and thoughts‚ the reader gains an idea of the new society‚ which has no place for freedom‚ truth‚ or human emotions. The uncommon Winston makes the
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Plot Analysis 1)Winston Smith works in the Recording Department of the Ministry of Truth as a clerk. He rewrites historical documents‚ such as newspapers to match the ever changing lies that the Party tell. He often changes documents even if they are from previous days‚months or years. He lives in Oceania‚ London. The Party and Big Brother (leader/face of the party) rule over London. The Party watch people constantly through televisions and the Thought Police‚ the Party even has children betraying
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very modest main characters. The protagonists Sam Lowry and Winston Smith both do not effectively fit into the classic ‘Hero’ type of behaviours‚ but are closer to an ordinary‚ or even sub-ordinary people which we can easily relate to. As both Nineteen-Eighty Four and Brazil mock the same obstinate government with the latter being a clear reference and a parody to the former‚ the two main central characters share similar
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The main character in 1984 is Winston Smith. Winston is about 39 years old‚ he doesn’t know the age for sure as his parents had been gone for most of his life and there was no record of his birth. He has rough skin surrounded by light coloured hair‚ as well as a small delicate body. On the seventh floor of Victory Mansions in London (England)‚ in the superstate of Oceania‚ Winston lives alone in an apartment. Inside his apartment he has a telescreen (television). The telescreen broadcasts news and
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Winston Smith is a man with an illusion of a life‚ a life created by the government that decides what to think. He is forced to devote his life to Big Brother‚ the great dictator of the Outer party. Winston leads a seedy existence in the year of 1984‚ in Oceania. The party is casting sexual frustration upon him along with psychologically stressing him. He takes out this frustration by journaling his obstinate thoughts of the Outer Party‚ which serves as a place for him to “escape” from the stress
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Winston Smith‚ the protagonist and main character in George Orwell’s novel 1984. Smith is a very important aspect of Orwell’s novel‚ because it is through his point of view that we see the world he is living in. Reading the story through Smith’s point of view helps better understand why Smith behaves the way he does. To better understand Smith one must understand smith’s role. Smith is minor member of the ruling Party in near-future London‚ Winston Smith is a thin‚ frail‚ contemplative‚ intellectual
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